...young forests as their habitat.” The project began in 2011 in Connecticut primarily as an effort to save the New England Cottontail Rabbit and now the Woodcock. Since then almost 70 individual projects, all on privately-owned land, have been completed including projects in Lyme, Stonington, North Stonington, Montville and Groton....
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...we’ll draft up some possible changes,” he said, adding that the Zoning Commission makes the final decision on any and all changes. Wednesday’s public hearing was continued to June 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall Annex, 134 Groton Long Point Rd, Groton. Go to GrotonctZoning.com for more information....
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...economically necessary to relocate Seaport Marine’s heavier industrial uses to Noank Shipyard in Groton, opening up space for the project’s new uses, including a three-story combined marine service and community event space. The project will also include a five-story 45-unit hotel, a six-story 25-unit apartment building, a three-story 200-seat restaurant,...
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...entire community and ought to be shared across an entire community” Rob Breen, Sound View Beach “People are aware that other shoreline communities that have dealt with sewerage issues — I’m talking about Groton, and Stonington and Saybrook — that in these communities the actual construction costs of putting the...
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Groton — With thousands of hires expected at Electric Boat in the coming decade, Jon Reiner, Director of Planning and Development for the Town of Groton, describes his work as “setting the table” for investment in housing, business opportunities and redevelopment of older buildings and neighborhoods. Reiner, who was hired...
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...until Connecticut’s junior Senator Chris Murphy spoke before a crowd of two hundred at the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce on May 31 in Groton. He argued, “…if we continue to let the northeast rail corridor atrophy, then Connecticut’s economy will atrophy.” “Every year,” he went on, “we always argue...
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...America.” Reiner spoke about the importance of creating a sense of place in Groton that would attract more residents and grow the tax base. “Of the 26,000 jobs in Groton, only 20% of the employees live in Groton,” he said. “A big focus that we’re trying to push is how...
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...in Mystic. According to the planning report, the Groton Planning Commission has expressed concern about the impacts of building height on the view from across the Mystic River. The current and proposed zoning regulations in Groton limit new development height to 40 feet in the Downtown Mystic area, according to...
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...develop more affordable and market-rate housing, particularly in response to increased recruiting by Electric Boat for its Groton shipyard, which may add as many as 15,000 workers by 2030. “Electric boat is driving our housing right now…. Thank God, we have [Pennsylvania-based] A.R. Building because they were privately funded, they...
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